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Director of Choral Activities

Dr. Laura Moore is the Director of Choral Activities at the University 
of South Alabama, where she directs the Concert Choir and Chorale. She 
also teaches music history and instrumental and choral conducting. She 
received her doctorate in Choral Conducting from the University of North 
Carolina at Greensboro. Other earned degrees include the BA from 
Davidson College, a Master’s degree in Piano Performance from the 
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and a Master’s 
degree in Choral Conducting from UNC Greensboro.

The USA Concert Choir performed with the Mobile Symphony in December 
2010 (Holiday Pops), April 2011 (Beethoven Symphony #9), and April 2012 
(Carmina Burana). The University Chorale was invited to perform at the 
AMEA conference in January 2011.

While completing her doctoral degree at UNC Greensboro, Dr. Moore 
served as the Instructor in Choral Conducting at UNC Greensboro, where 
she conducted the University Chorale, and taught courses in choral 
literature and advanced conducting. She received the Outstanding 
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award at the UNCG School of Music in 2006, 
recognizing her work with the Women’s Glee Club and classes in diction 
and beginning conducting. Dr. Moore served four years as Associate 
Conductor with the Choral Society of Greensboro.

Dr. Moore is active in church music and musical theater, and enjoys 
coaching singers and accompanying vocalists and instrumentalists. She 
has served as clinician and adjudicator in North Carolina, Mississippi, 
and Alabama. As part of the Alabama Ambassadors of Music tour to Europe 
in June 2009 and June 2011, Dr. Moore conducted choral concerts in 
England, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. She currently serves 
as the chorus master of Mobile Opera, and has played orchestral keyboard 
with the Mobile Symphony.

Contact Info
Dr. Laura Moore
LPAC 1103
Department of Music
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
251-460-6361
lauramoore@usouthal.edu

Education
BA, Honors in Music
Davidson College

MM, Piano Performance
Peabody Conservatory

MM, Choral Conducting
UNC Greensboro

DMA, Choral Conducting
UNC Greensboro

Course Syllabi
Concert Choir
University Chorale
Fundamentals of Conducting
Choral Conducting and Literature
Music History I

Web Sites
www.southalabamachoirs.org
MUL 335